Improving efficiency of Provincial units of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organizations with DEA-PCA‎, ‎2013-2015‎

Due to the economical restrictions, improving efficiency in the collection and processing of blood products at blood centers is important. This study uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the efficiency of 31 Provincial units of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organizations (IBTO) to determine to what extent efficiency can be improved. Efficiency grades were computed with DEA linear programming techniques and Provincial units of IBTO characteristics that important affect efficiency determined for two consecutive years, 22 Provincial units of IBTO were efficient and 9 were inefficient. Otherwise based on PCA results, Efficiency was mainly affected by Number of BCPCs, BCCs, MTs, Efficiency did not directly relate to Population density of province, Number of donor beds and area of BTC.  The major reason of inefficiency was excess allocating resulting from a suboptimal combination of Number of BCPCs, BCCs, and MTs.